Folding picture puzzle



Aug, 24, 1943. H, EDBORG 2,327,876

FOLDING PICTURE PUZ ZLE Filed Jan. 10, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet l HAROLD E D BORG INVENTOR ATTORNEY Aug. 24, 1943.- H. EDBOl RG 2,327,876

FOLDING PICTURE PUZ ZLE Filed Jan. 10, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 HAROLD EDBORG INVENTOR ATTORNEY W43. H. EDBORG 2,327,876

FQLDING PICTURE PUZZLE Filed Jan 10, 1942 s Sheets-Sheet :5

HAROLD EDBORG INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1943 Zeaw FOLDING PICTURE PUZZLE Harold Edborg, Chicago, 111., assignor to Strombeck Press, Inc., Moline, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application ilanuary 10, 1942, Serial No. 426,308

2 Claims.

The present invention pertains to a puzzle made from pliable sheet material and having reproduced thereon, in fragmentary form, pictures, each of which is incomplete by itself but, by proper folding of the sheet material, a complete picture of the object may be produced by getting the segments of the puzzle in proper juxtaposition. The main object of this invention is to provide amusement for those who enjoy solving puzzles.

In the drawings annexed hereto and forming a part hereof,

Fig. 1 represents one side of this puzzle and Fig. 2 represents the opposite side thereof, while Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 represent various stages in the folding of this puzzle and the final completed form thereof.

Reference will now be made in greater detail to the annexed drawings for a more complete description of this invention. This puzzle comprises a central hexagon made up of a series of triangles meeting at a central point, each of the triangles having a base opposite its apex at the center of the hexagon, and a plurality of triangular pieces foldably connected to said bases and projecting outwardly away from the hexagon. For convenience in describing the solution of the puzzle, the various triangles have been numbered consecutively from I to l2 upon one face and from l3 to 24 upon the opposite face.

In the numbering of the various triangles, in Fig. 2, it is assumed that the puzzle is turned about its horizontal axis 25 which is incised from one angle of the central hexagon to the center thereof. This makes possible the separation of the abutting triangles, which are numbered upon one side "I and I2, respectively, and upon the opposite side, l9 and 24.

In describing the solution of the puzzle, we will assume the printed star to be laid upon a table with that side up which comprises the triangles numbered from 1 to 12, inclusive. Now, we will fold the triangles numbered 2 to 6, inclusive, downwardly, so that they are located under the triangles numbered 8 to IE, inclusive, and fold the triangle numbered I up and over to superpose it on the triangle numbered 1. We now have a hexagon comprising the triangles 8 to 13, inclusive. The next move is to fold the triangle I and its superposed triangle l3 up and over onto the triangle numbered 8. When this is done, we see that we have all but the head of a camel. Now, by folding along the line between triangles 9 and 10 so as to keep the triangle 9 up, we bring the triangle 6 in place in front of the camels body, thus adding his head and the camel is complete.

Another order of folding is shown in Figs. 2 to 7, and this will next be described. In describing the folding shown in Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive, it will be assumed that the puzzle is turned with that face up which shows the triangles numbered from l3 to 24, inclusive, with the incision 25 at the right, as shown in Fig. 3. Triangles l3, l4, l5, I9, 20, and 2| are then folded up along the incision 25 and the line between triangles 2| and 22. The result of this fold is shown in Fig. 4, except that in this figure triangle I has been partly folded up to expose triangle [3 above triangle 1, which is the next fold. Following this, triangles l3 and I are folded over on triangle 8 which brings triangle I9 up over triangle 8, with triangle l3 facing triangle 8. Next, triangles 3 and 16 are folded under triangle 9, which fold is shown in process in Fig. 5. The next step is to fold triangle it over triangle 24, which brings triangle 6 in place above triangle 24, completing the camel. The next move is to fold the triangles 2 and I! under the body of the camel, this fold being shown in process in Fig. 6 and completed in Fig. 7.

Doubtless other methods of folding can be devised which will produce the same final result but the foregoing solutions are typical and are sufficient to show the general method to be followed in the solution of this puzzle.

I have devised various similar puzzles, of which the present is merely one specific example. Also, I wish it understood that the illustration of the camel is merely typical of a largenumber of objects which would serve my purpose. Therefore, various departures may be made from the present specific disclosure without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A folding picture puzzle in the form of a six-pointed star formed from sheet material, opposite reentrant angles being connected by fold lines and the material being foldable in either direction alongthese fold lines; said fold lines meeting at ubstantially the geometrical center of the puzzle and one of the fold lines being incised from said center to the reentrant angle at one end of said fold line, adjacent reentrant angles being connected by fold lines so that the points of the star can be folded in either direction with relation to the body thereof, and partial pictures upon the separate segments of the puzzle which may be brought together to form a tive base, thereby forming a six-pointed star, each, of the triangles having upon each of its faces a part of a representation of a complete I object, the parts of the object being brought into juxtaposition by folding the sheet material along the fold lines and, when the material is properly folded, constituting a complete representation of said object.

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